UGREEN M.2 NVMe External Enclosure: Opening, Installation, Testing and Review

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This video is a review of the UGREEN M.2 NVMe External Enclosure. It include the box opening, installation, testing, and Review.
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0:00 Video Start of the UGREEN M.2 NVMe External Enclosure Review
0:04 Introduction to the UGREEN M.2 NVMe External Enclosure
1:38 Box Opening of the UGREEN M.2 NVMe External Enclosure
3:01 Installing an M.2 NVMe Drive into the the UGREEN M.2 NVMe External Enclosure
5:17 Testing the the UGREEN M.2 NVMe External Enclosure using Crystal Disk Mark
7:11 Conclusion of the UGREEN M.2 NVMe External Enclosure Review
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@woodysranch2690 3 жыл бұрын

I bought a similar enclosure some years ago and after a while I found it failed for no apparent reason. The product you reviewd should be a newer design with USB C so perhaps it will be more robust. The plastic retainer begs to be lost or broken, so I hope a screw can be used in its place in case this happens

@PE4Doers 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for comment. As a matter of fact, they provide a spare plastic retainer in the box that I did not notice as I was video taping. I hope those who gt one of these can put it somewhere they will not forget about (like me). I will pin this comment for others to read.

@JustinTanKH 2 жыл бұрын

@@PE4Doers i didnt notice it too, till u said so, then i found it!! thanks!!

@gsswmr Жыл бұрын

I have one of the same model, it removes itself every 10 minutes even if the power options are disabled in the control panel, is that right? , as it shows as if it had removed the force and with critical errors in the Windows event did yours look like this?, mine has already been tested with 2 type c cables and it removes the power itself every 10 minutes or more

@MrCaveman8 Ай бұрын

Thanks for making this an in-depth description of how to go about this because most videos don't talk about the little set screw !!!

@PE4Doers Ай бұрын

You are very welcome. Thanks for watching.

@lukeanddaleigh 3 жыл бұрын

Hey David! I'm here for your latest video. I just love your PC back there! It looks so cool! Okay... now I'll stop talking and watch the review. lol

@PE4Doers 3 жыл бұрын

Da Leigh, that's why I put it back there. The glittery prop of a modern computer Trekki - err Techi

@user-zn6cn6je2i 2 жыл бұрын

thank you for the wave

@MrBlkleaf Жыл бұрын

It worked thank yku so much !!!!

@PE4Doers Жыл бұрын

You are very welcome 🙂

@fazalbaig3135 3 жыл бұрын

Very useful device

@PE4Doers 3 жыл бұрын

It is handy. I've wanted to get one for a while, but finally got one to help with a couple of my upcoming PC upgrades.

@sanysmail 2 жыл бұрын

Hi Thanks for the video. Just a quick question, how does it handle heat since there is no heat gel to stick over!? This is something I am worried about and holding me on the fence!

@PE4Doers 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the question. YES, that is a problem, especially when doing a lot of writes (for example - when you are 'cloning' a drive). I make sure to leave the cover off and have it hang down over one of the case fans (blowing in or out). I actually found one of my spare 1tb M.2 drives to slow down to only about 15% of full-speed when it got too hot. The removed cover and fan hang-down brought it back up to about 85%.

@sanysmail 2 жыл бұрын

@@PE4Doers thank you for the prompt response, very useful.

@PE4Doers 2 жыл бұрын

@@sanysmail You are very welcome. I plan on looking for one that have better cooling, knowing it will probably cost a LOT more.

@sanysmail 2 жыл бұрын

@@PE4Doers actually that Sabrent enclosure costs less than the Ugreen and has a sandwich design with heat strip and aluminium body. I am planning to go with it.

@PE4Doers 2 жыл бұрын

@@sanysmail Thanks sounds like a good idea.

@khooricky-be5bz 2 жыл бұрын

hello ,can i take off my laptop ssd ,put into this and then plugin to other pc to retrieve my data before send to service center to repair ?!

@PE4Doers 2 жыл бұрын

Generally yes. You have to be careful if you have the drive encrypted however, since that usually locks the drive to a single motherboard. Good luck and let me know how it goes.

@user-zn6cn6je2i 2 жыл бұрын

I have the same box and M.2 the speed is 3500mv /s and shows 300 I insert into usb 3.0 from a friend usb 3.1 shows 500 what needs to be done to change the speed

@PE4Doers 2 жыл бұрын

I just re-tested mine with a similar M.2 NVMe on USB 3.1 (Gen2) and I obtained 983 on the first Read and 923 on the first Write tests (which would have a maximum of 900 to 1000 on that level of USB). Are you sure yours in NVMe not SATA? Also, could your be overheated? They are VERY sensitive to heat and unfortunately this adapter does not include a heatsink.

@mamrezo722 Ай бұрын

As I see, you have a speed down after a while, I have same issue, after a little inspection I noticed the disk is so hot that I can’t touching it, can you please check it for overheating and let me know about it?

@PE4Doers Ай бұрын

You are absolutely right. M.2 SSD drives get HOT. and the hotter they get the slower they run. This unit does not dissipate the heat well, but others I have reviewed SO keep the M.2 relatively cool (well at least just warm). This unit is meant to do small file copies, not copying Terabytes of data.

@jarrodnewman0514 2 жыл бұрын

Could a USB A male to USB C male cable be used with this product? My PC does not have a USB C port.

@PE4Doers 2 жыл бұрын

I did not try, but I think it should. Try to find a USB-A 3.0 to USB-C. It will run a little slower of course.

@giancarlo7283 6 ай бұрын

it's weird for me as I recently bought an nvme m.2 but it won't fit in this specific enclosure using this KingSpec M.2 Nvme 1TB PCIE3.0 2280

@PE4Doers 6 ай бұрын

WOW, I do not have one of those M.2 drives, but I just looked up the spec and it should work. How does it Not fit? At the socket or where you attach the plastic latch? Finally, are you sure it is pushed all the way into the socket?

@terjeoseberg990 Жыл бұрын

It automatically detected and showed the drive in File Explorer. Was it already formatted or something? Mine is detected by the USB but doesn't show up in File Explorer on Windows 10. When an unformated drive was plugged into a USB port back in the olden days, a message popped up asking whether or not you wanted to format the drive. I guess they changed that, because they like to make things more and more difficult the more advanced we get.

@PE4Doers Жыл бұрын

In my case it may have already been formatted. I have seen it ask to format if I look at at a freshly initialized drive (Using DISKPART). Maybe I should make another video about that and show how DISKPART worked and when you should consider using it.

@terjeoseberg990 Жыл бұрын

@@PE4Doers, I discovered an app called “Disk Management”. It’s quite handy. You should make a video about it. It found the USB drive instantly, and did everything I needed. It’s pretty easy to use, but extremely difficult to find. I had to click “Windows->X” to get to it, and I had to log in as administrator to run it. Maybe you should figure out how to run it as administrator from another account. I rarely use the administrator account because I don’t want my web browser to have the ability to screw up my computer.

@user-zn6cn6je2i 2 жыл бұрын

У меня такой же бокс и M.2 скорость 3500мв/s а показывает 300 вставляю в usb 3.0 у товарища usb 3.1 показывает 500 что нужно сделать что бы изменилась скорость

@PE4Doers 2 жыл бұрын

This appears to be Russian, however I am unable to find the proper translation.

@gunawangunawansantoso4122 2 жыл бұрын

sir,will WD blue nvme SN550 fit on this enclosure

@PE4Doers 2 жыл бұрын

I just looked it up and it's a 2280, so it should fit fine.

@YassineHassan. 3 ай бұрын

I bought one and it is not getting detected by any device Mac or windows. I am currently getting the 980 Samsung nvme pro inspected both were bought a few hours ago. Is the issue actually with the enclosure?

@PE4Doers 3 ай бұрын

Re you able to test the Samsung M.2 inside the PC? Divide and conquer

@agkumohdfariezzan1474 2 жыл бұрын

I bought a new m2 512gb and put this drive into those ugreen portable ssd encloser. Unfortunately my pc cant detect the driver. I cant even format the driver.

@PE4Doers 2 жыл бұрын

Did you take a look at the BIOS Settings of your PC? Sometimes there is a USB setting that needs to be made. Also, are you sure that USB you are connecting to is USB 3.0?

@MrzorkV 2 жыл бұрын

Use Disk Managment in Windows to set up your new drive.

@arturperzyna5453 Жыл бұрын

Can you boot a windows pc from it? Does the device have GUID?

@PE4Doers Жыл бұрын

It is just like any other USB drive, so it should work fine being bootable. I did not try, but I can't see why not.

@stephenstern6228 Жыл бұрын

Have this, never worked, thought it was my nvme as thats why i bought it to recover data, but now i have another nvme and it still doesnt work. sees the device and "samsung hardware" name in device manager but will not show any disks or partitions

@PE4Doers Жыл бұрын

Sorry to hear that. Are you using USB-C connected to a 3.2 port? The only issue Ive had is it lack of true heat dissipation for large data transfers (i.e. a full system 'cloning'), which I mostly solved by leaving the cover off and hanging it across one of the case fans. I am now looking to buy one that includes a better cooling solution.

@churblefurbles Жыл бұрын

weird design with no heatsinking, but I guess its more protective for portability.

@PE4Doers Жыл бұрын

Yes, and it cause me problems when I tried to copy a NVMe M.2 Drive larger that 500G - overheated, slowed down, and eventually led to a failure of the Copy

@gsswmr Жыл бұрын

@PE4Doers Жыл бұрын

Honestly, I think you are correct. Since M.2 NVMe performance is directly proportionate to its temperature, then it will be tolerated by the system only as long as it remains cool. Sorry for the 'Plato-Like' quote.

@gsswmr Жыл бұрын

@@PE4Doers could it be the temperature after certain minutes or the case?

@PE4Doers Жыл бұрын

@@gsswmr I think it an overall increase in temperature as it is being accessed. For example, I connected it to the top front USB connector on one case, and laid over the top front intake fan, which allowed it complete a full terabyte data transfer successfully.

@gsswmr Жыл бұрын

@@PE4Doers in my case it disconnects automatically as if i pulled the power usb cable from the back of the cpu, type c. I was starting to think it was my motherboard, but that didn't happen when I connected my phone to charge using the same cable

@PE4Doers Жыл бұрын

@@gsswmr The chip in the unit controls whether it connects or not, so without directly testing it myself, I would take the educated guess that it is simply overheating. Try running it with the unit case off and a fan blowing directly on it.

@lukeanddaleigh 3 жыл бұрын

Trekie right here! Haha

@PE4Doers 3 жыл бұрын

For always and Forever :) Thanks for watching.

@davidp.3220 3 жыл бұрын

Would be cool if there was no cable and the type C connector was just built in and sticking out so it could just be plugged directly into the PC. I’d lose the cable before I lose the tiny plug.

@PE4Doers 3 жыл бұрын

Sounds like a great idea :) One like that may already exist, just not within what I was willing to pay. Maybe someday if my Channel takes off I won't have to worry about the cost ;)

@seba7422 2 жыл бұрын

do not unplug it from the ssd side then, problem solved

@vlad-koshkin 2 жыл бұрын

why is the recording speed so low?

@PE4Doers 2 жыл бұрын

I'm not sure why it seems to be 'Buffering' in the beginning. Maybe setting this one as 4K caused some issue. Thanks so much for letting me know, I will look further into it.

@user-zn6cn6je2i 2 жыл бұрын

Maybe I need to change the car on the motherboard to (Gen2) then the speed will change

@PE4Doers 2 жыл бұрын

Possibly. Do you have access to another PC to perform a comparison?

@user-zn6cn6je2i 2 жыл бұрын

I bought it a month ago

@PE4Doers 2 жыл бұрын

Can it be returned?

@user-zn6cn6je2i 2 жыл бұрын

I tried on another computer there's a little over 500

@PE4Doers 2 жыл бұрын

That really sounds like it's a SATA M.2 Drive rather than an NVMe. Did you buy it new?

@drtolgaege 2 жыл бұрын

It is not a performance enclosure. I have installed Acer 2 tb nvme ssd. Its thermal performance is not very good. I use it with my m1 MacBook Air for music production. the ssd gets very hot and write/read speeds get down blow 50Mb/sec. So I have ordered Sabrent thunderbolt 3 enclosure for my name ssd

@CaptainVKanth 2 жыл бұрын

I tested the enclosure on my 2TB SX8200. I only get about 40MB/s. I've seen some enclosures with built in fans. Was wondering if those might help to get 1GB/s write speed. I believe one of these are from Speedbyte.

@drtolgaege 2 жыл бұрын

@@CaptainVKanth the problem is probably thermal sink. You cannot install into this enclosure because of its sliding design. I prefer you check sabrent t3 nvme enclosure. 👍

@CaptainVKanth 2 жыл бұрын

@@drtolgaege Thank you. I will do that.

@PE4Doers 2 жыл бұрын

You are absolutely right. It's main use is to copy files to or from an M.2 to other media. Once it heats up the performance drops way down as you've noted.

@user-zn6cn6je2i 2 жыл бұрын

ytn

@PE4Doers 2 жыл бұрын

? I'm not sure what that means, sorry.